All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Ocean gliders to examine impact of heatwave affecting northern Australia Ocean gliders to examine impact of heatwave affecting northern Australia 07/05/2020 | 2 MINS Ocean gliders operated by LIT from the Australian Integrated Marine Observing SystemΓÇÖs (IMOS) facility have been deployed off the coast of Broome this week to collect ocean temperature data vital for understanding the marine and land heatwave affecting northern Australia. The land heatwave has broken national records with recent April temperatures soaring above 40C. Similarly, the ocean has also warmed with ocean temperatures more than two degrees higher than expected for this time of the year. The marine heatwaves have large environmental impacts with risks of mass coral bleaching. The marine heatwave extends across the whole of northern Australia, including the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Great Barrier Reef. Ocean Modelling, Analysis, and Prediction System OceanMAPS, has forecast near-surface ocean temperatures in northern Australia will continue to rise. Professor
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Ocean gliders to examine impact of heatwave affecting northern Australia Ocean gliders to examine impact of heatwave affecting northern Australia 07/05/2020 | 2 MINS Ocean gliders operated by LIT from the Australian Integrated Marine Observing SystemΓÇÖs (IMOS) facility have been deployed off the coast of Broome this week to collect ocean temperature data vital for understanding the marine and land heatwave affecting northern Australia.
The land heatwave has broken national records with recent April temperatures soaring above 40C.
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Similarly, the ocean has also warmed with ocean temperatures more than two degrees higher than expected for this time of the year.
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The marine heatwaves have large environmental impacts with risks of mass coral bleaching.
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The marine heatwave extends across the whole of northern Australia, including the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Great Barrier Reef.
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Ocean Modelling, Analysis, and Prediction System OceanMAPS, has forecast near-surface ocean temperatures in northern Australia will continue to rise.
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